A rare race of supernatural people manipulates destiny to keep creation flowing toward the future instead of spiraling into complete annihilation.Stories from the Circle: Apprentice contains the first three books chronicling the growth of Caretaker Miles Dean from the discovery of his calling through his apprenticeship to the powerful Guiding Caretaker Oliver Crucias. Earth is just one world in a macrocosmic circle of worlds, and Caretakers are born with a self on each world. Caretakers must journey in consciousness to all worlds in the Great Circle to undertake Caretaker Quests that thwart creation's greatest enemies, the Breakers, who seek to bring creation to an end. In order to secure their victories, Caretakers grow to realize great powers, but in this latest generation, those powers may not be enough.